We have the second request for the Wikipedia in Dalmatian [1]. Unlike the first one [2], this is factually valid, as it's about the request for a Romance language edition, not a Slavic language edition.
However, it's about a dead language. They say there are ~20 people speaking Dalmatian, but the educational value of Wikipedia edition in Dalmatian is zero. Unlike with a few languages of the Baltic (Baltic and Uralic), where possibility for a legitimate revival is possible inside of the population which ancestors have spoken the language, I see this at this point of time as pure hobbyist work.
If they create a valid pool of native speakers (a couple of them, at least), they could come again and request Wikipedia in their language again.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dalmati... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dalmati...
Agreed.
2017-01-21 15:08 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com:
We have the second request for the Wikipedia in Dalmatian [1]. Unlike the first one [2], this is factually valid, as it's about the request for a Romance language edition, not a Slavic language edition.
However, it's about a dead language. They say there are ~20 people speaking Dalmatian, but the educational value of Wikipedia edition in Dalmatian is zero. Unlike with a few languages of the Baltic (Baltic and Uralic), where possibility for a legitimate revival is possible inside of the population which ancestors have spoken the language, I see this at this point of time as pure hobbyist work.
If they create a valid pool of native speakers (a couple of them, at least), they could come again and request Wikipedia in their language again.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_ languages/Wikipedia_Dalmatian_2 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_ languages/Wikipedia_Dalmatian
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Rejected.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:54 PM, MF-Warburg mfwarburg@googlemail.com wrote:
Agreed.
2017-01-21 15:08 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com:
We have the second request for the Wikipedia in Dalmatian [1]. Unlike the first one [2], this is factually valid, as it's about the request for a Romance language edition, not a Slavic language edition.
However, it's about a dead language. They say there are ~20 people speaking Dalmatian, but the educational value of Wikipedia edition in Dalmatian is zero. Unlike with a few languages of the Baltic (Baltic and Uralic), where possibility for a legitimate revival is possible inside of the population which ancestors have spoken the language, I see this at this point of time as pure hobbyist work.
If they create a valid pool of native speakers (a couple of them, at least), they could come again and request Wikipedia in their language again.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dalmati... [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Dalmati...
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